No not the song, my laptop that is or to be more precise its operating system. Ubuntu. Yes it is a low end laptop, it came with Vista and it was not performing. Yes Vista have their imperfections and need 2GB RAM to work decent, copying file was a nightmare before the service pack BUT:
a) network cards (wifi) would not disaapear after upgrade (as it happened with ubuntu)
b) keyboard mappings would not messed up after some security upgrade (still not clear what exactly triggered this)
If I was not a young IT guy happy to tinker around, but in my 50s with a family, limited time would I have the luxury of spending 2-3 evenings (so far) to sort out the above? Let alone whatever else might come. Or would I get the 'consumer solution' and pay if /when needed 30-40 quid for tech support?
The answer is simple.User experience. It doesn't matter what is under the hood, what matter is the hood.And as long any tinkering under the hood (linux) breaks the seems of the hood, it will not be a consumer solution (except in limited cases like the asus eee)
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